Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-5576

Title: Gimp RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2012-5576.

CWE Category CWE-787

Published Date Dec 18, 2012

Modified Date Apr 29, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

6.34%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2012-5576: Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in file-xwd.c in the X Window Dump (XWD) plug-in in GIMP 2.8.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large (1) red, (2) green, or (3) blue color mask in an XWD file.

Impacted Vendors

gimp 1

gnu 1

Reference Links

http://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/?id=2873262fccba12af144ed96ed91be144d92ff2e1 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00017.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00014.html http://secunia.com/advisories/50296 http://secunia.com/advisories/51479 http://secunia.com/advisories/51528 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:082 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/27/1 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56647 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1659-1 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=687392 http://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/?id=2873262fccba12af144ed96ed91be144d92ff2e1 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00017.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00014.html http://secunia.com/advisories/50296 http://secunia.com/advisories/51479 http://secunia.com/advisories/51528 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:082 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/27/1 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56647 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1659-1 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=687392

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.5

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2012-5576 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

April 29, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 18, 2012 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.